NOW Magazine - winner of the Utne Reader 2001 Readers Poll Award for Local Coverage - is Canada's leading alternative news and entertainment weekly, and has been since its inaugural issue in September 1981. Over the years NOW's weekly readership...

When his mother dies, comic-book-obsessed Sammy leaves Trinidad to live with his strangely distant dad in Regent Park. Everything about his new city fascinates the teenager, and he dives into his experience with eyes and ears wide open.

The Earth is warming. Fact. Weather patterns are changing. Undeniable. We’re all in a heap of trouble. Uh-huh. And we’re all doing our best to deal with it. Nope. According to Montrealer Cleo Paskal, the world governments are snoozing while the world boils.